and lastly, he's cool. [laughter] john brady, george clooney, james bond, the president have nothing on mo. governor, congratulations on a great decision and were all excited with your decision today. [applause] >> thank you, lieutenant governor. he cited. good morning, everybody. thank you for joining today. i want to begin by congratulating john kerry and the confirmation and thanking him for service of the commonwealth. for more than 25 years as a veteran, prosecutor, lieutenant governor and senator coming he's been a vote for progressive pragmatism and a model of statesmanship. we are so very fortunate that our country will have a person of such care there and integrity as our next secretary of state. we wish him well in this critical new role and i thank them personally for his friendship. yesterday afternoon i received senator kerry's letter resigning his seat. under massachusetts i now have responsibility to set a date for a special election to fill the vacant see and appoint someone to serve as sena